Financial Regulator Matthew Edlerfield took up his post in 2010.

Mr Cosgrove raises questions which merit a response in his letter (Aprl 9).

I note that Minister Michael Noonan states that Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield leaves “when normality is returning to the financial system”.

Two years ago the current Dáil/Government were elected. Their mandate was to sort out the country’s problems. This did not include imposing a property tax.

To dream or not to dream. Because of the recent poor performance of Labour in recent opinion polls, the paid-up members of the Labour party are now saying they do not now know what Labour stands for.

Margaret Thatcher was a great world heroine who, along with former US President Ronald Reagan, was instrumental in winning the freedom of the hundreds of millions subjugated by the former Soviet Easter Bloc.

History may well reveal that the greatest PR success ever pulled off by a political party is the FG story that the economic crisis in Ireland is all FF’s fault.

I see Paul Doran (Letters, April 10) has fallen for the myth that Margaret Thatcher was responsible for withdrawing free milk in schools while she was education secretary.

I refer to recent two-part TV3 documentary, In the Name of the Republic, presented by Professor Eunan O’Halpin of Trinity College Dublin.

Margaret Thatcher was a wonderful woman. She defeated socialism in her own country and saved Britain from the tyranny of the trade unions.